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Subject:	Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
Date:	Sat, 15 Nov 2003 22:46:04 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Erik Olson wrote: > Perhaps the new color also masks an anti-fading agent? (seems unlikely.) I wonder if some of the older dyes have become either unobtainable or have been outlawed in Europe. Some of the older dyes, even food colourings, are now deemed harmful. TLC may not have any choice in the matter. As far as rounded edges on studs, it may make it easier to assemble bricks without such a high level of manual dexterity. Perhaps TLC is having to appeal to kids with such short attention span that they will not play with interlocking bricks if the have to concentrate on aligning them. Sad, but a possibility .... JB

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		Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
(...) I did some goolging and found this interesting page. (URL) LEGO has been spending serious bucks into the plastics recycling business. Now, the way I see it, if LEGO is putting all this money into this then I'd think they did some serious (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

		Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
(...) That's my guess about what's happening. Chamfering would make parts somewhat easier to assemble (just like in carpentry, the dowels for a dowel joint are chamfered for easier insertion) at a cost of some gripping. I'll have to buy some of (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

		Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
(...) With all the new coloring products coming on the market, it would be strange if Lego could not get exactly what it wanted in a color. Having played with them now, I think the new colors are great. (...) Having purchased said SW minis, I did (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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		Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
(...) 2 words: Coke II. But I doubt it is that drastic. As for clutch, I don't think they would have done anything major without hordes of focus groups expressing their joy at how much easier it is to disconnect two plates. For some adults that's (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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